Recent content by MrPete

IIRC, I picked out the Pioneer/NVX due to significant "vigorous discussion" :rolleyes: among folks over whether the newest (and still more costly) Pro Biz version is more stable, or whether to stick with the older NVX. Admittedly, a bit confusing trying to sort it all out...which is part of...

RNDP600E-100NAS ReadyNAS NVX Pro 6-bay diskless... What I see: costly, very spotty support. Significant fraction of frustrated customers (check out NewEgg reviews for example.) Otherwise, it looked interesting!

That's good thinking, kamina! You guessed right on several counts. We have a small "tech room" where this will be located. As long as it is not significantly noisier than a normal desktop PC, not a problem at all. In fact, it is replacing a desktop-sized old Dell server. In our case...

Here's my sense about these three NAS units and their manufacturers. Am I understanding correctly? (Our need: * NAS for two separate subnets, served on two gigabit ethernet NICs) * On one subnet, serve one or two spool/cache folders for a failover pair of email servers (Macs running...

Hmmm... sounds just like normal SAMBA. Obviously, I *can* set security for different shares. Better than nothing but not perfect.

That's awesome info, ntm1275! Tells me that these new high end NAS, whether or not they support SMB2, gain a huge benefit when one uses SMB2 on the client side. (e.g. Vista SP1+ and/or Win7) THANKS!

I'm a bit confused by the varying info I see on SNB and elsewhere about SMB2. Simple first noob question: do any/all NAS support SMB2 yet? My general impression, probably inaccurate: * SMB2 is/will be great, but not supported everywhere yet (Linux will require Samba 4, Mac/OSX who...

We are setting up a proof-of-concept in-house network (that will also be our "real" network... just overkill for our actual need...). In a DMZ LAN we'll have a pair of email servers configured for failover. They are to share a NAS for email queue and mailbox storage. In the local LAN, we...

How about Synology DX510? Tim, From your own review here, it would appear the Synology DX510 add-on box doesn't fit the generalization: Or perhaps this was an early bug, since fixed? From the above description, this one would rate as "F+" PC-Sync Wakeup with Manual eSwitch for Wall Power.

Mediasonic HFR2-S3B ProRAID DAS "F+" (Manual eSwitch with auto-wakeup) The Mediasonic HFR2-S3B ProRAID DAS looked great. Four drives, on sale at NewEgg. Specs and reviews tell how its power is managed by the attached computer. Only one problem. When wall power fails, it stays off until you...

Sans Digital TS2CT DAS - "F" (manual eSwitch) This DAS RAID 1 unit is very nice in many ways. But total FAIL on power management. When wall power is lost, it shuts down until you press the button to turn it on.

Forum denizens -- can you fill in the answer for YOUR NAS on "Power Fail Management" based on the categories below? It would save me a lot of calling around and/or testing! If you can answer, please reply to this thread with NAS product and Power Fail Management category answer...

(This is a chain of questions leading to the interesting possibility of a fully redundant FW-based network fileserver using Mac Mini's) 1) Firewire supports multiple drives (obviously) 2) Firewire supports multiple hosts, both according to protocol specs, and noticing that Firewire-IP is...